Speeco vs. Forest King Log Splitter

Member · Jun 11, 2014

I have the 28 ton Speeco purchased from Farm and Fleet in Madison. No problems.

Edit: Here it is about to split a pretty big round. My brother counted 140 rings. These were *very* hard to get to the splitter, without vertical operation it would have been impossible to deal with them.

deerseeker001 · Jun 11, 2014

One Wisconsin Guy to another they are good Splitters.

Member said:
I have the 28 ton Speeco purchased from Farm and Fleet in Madison. No problems.

Edit: Here it is about to split a pretty big round. My brother counted 140 rings. These were *very* hard to get to the splitter, without vertical operation it would have been impossible to deal with them.

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EddieWalker · Jun 12, 2014

On a side note, I have a wood stove and one of the big lessons that I have learned with burning in the stove is that smaller is better!!! I like the length of my rounds to be about a 12 inches, and I like each piece to be no thicker then 6 inches at the bark. It burns so clean and efficiently that during the coldest nights when it gets into the teens, we can heat the house with one load of wood that one of us brings in.

I made the mistake of cutting my rounds to 18 inches when I first had it and that was just terrible. Harder to get the fire going and tougher to handle. I also found that my 27 ton log splitter cuts through anything that's 12 inches long without effort, but there are some 18 inch rounds that it would struggle with. Then there is the fact that they are just a lot heavier and more difficult to get onto the splitter. I absolutely hate splitting wood with the splitter in the up/down position, so keeping those rounds to 12 inches makes it easy to handle while splitting in a comfortable standing position.

For storing and stacking, they seem to stack tighter at 12 inches.

Eddie

DennisArrow · Jun 12, 2014

For me, I back up my RTV on the side that I stand and operate. I can then just toss, reach over and stack, or hand to a helper for loading. On the other side where the very handy Speeco option of the shelf gizmo is, I bring up the big rounds and hold them with my tractor bucket. Makes for a great system for productivity. For lengths my Harman, TLC 300 top or front load, it's easy to use pretty much any length below 27" but I tend to use around 16" or so. The 35 ton Speeco/TSC just crunches through hickory forks just like it does with pine...........However it is done, it's a joy not to have to beat myself silly with a maul, sledge, or wedge..........Yes, getting old does give one an excuse to use the easy, NOT workout way of doing things...........God bless........Dennis